Department of Labor

The Department of Labor is charged with making the US workforce ready for new and better jobs. Making sure workplaces are up to scratch, wages, and more.

The department’s mission statement is: “To foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners, job seekers, and retirees of the United States; improve working conditions; advance opportunities for profitable employment; and assure work-related benefits and rights.”

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